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Daniel Roberts 丹尼尔

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CN

2020.04.26 07:45

After teaching English in China for over a year, I’m now thinking

about being an English teacher in my own country.

Living in China was a fun time, though I couldn’t shake off this underlying feeling that I was “buying time”.

I worked in a training school and felt I couldn’t go in depth with my teaching, and over time became tired with the teaching program.

Perhaps this was all just meant to be a side ‘path’ in my life and not my path.

Though it did teach me how fun teaching is and opened me to the world of teaching kids.

I did meet passionate teachers, though my colleagues often felt distant from me, and didn’t share the same feelings.

The pull of alcohol, junk food and social distraction was great, as I often felt isolated in a country so different from my own, so I would turn to an escape. I saw a lot of other teachers also did this as well.

There were many rewards, like learning a language and seeing the world from a different perspective. It was definitely an invaluable experience.

I can’t deny though that going back and continuing the way I will probably take me right back to where I was before.

My government announced in order to stimulate the economy and create jobs they’re going to fast-track teaching programs meaning I can get the qualification in my own country more easily.

If I changed my mind I could again go abroad but I don’t want to go back to the same situation. It would need to be a more serious school, with encouraging colleagues.

Thanks for reading. I wanted to share my thoughts!
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Comments

  • 等待中 2020.04.26 07:50

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    Are you teaching English in China?
  • Tony 2020.04.26 07:51

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    follow your heart
  • 睿酚 2020.04.26 07:53

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    👍
  • 向日葵女の子 2020.04.26 07:55

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    祝福你在工作中找到热爱!加油!
  • Eric Hwang 2020.04.26 07:56

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    Your words touched me very much. I can understand what you want to say.
  • Lynn 2020.04.26 07:57

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    It's great that you can express your ture thoughts.
  • Kiko 2020.04.26 07:57

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    祝你在工作中找到热情
  • Cindy 彧 2020.04.26 08:05

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    Find yourself a working environment more suitable to you :)
  • Xiaoyan Meng 2020.04.26 08:40

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    Dont hesitate to do what you want now,or oneday you will still think about it.If you dont feel comfortable at the moment,just change another one.you will find the one which is suitable for you.Keep chin up.
  • Daniel Roberts 丹尼尔 2020.04.26 08:56

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    @Eddy That was sweet, I appreciate you taking your time to say your message And thank you to everyone else :)
  • Heidi 2020.04.26 13:54

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    不容易啊!
  • Lishaりん 2020.04.28 17:22

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    Hope all is well!
  • Lily 2020.05.06 06:37

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    Sorry to hear that. To be honest, sometimes I feel the same way even with my Chinese colleagues. Maybe because they don’t love and care about what they do as much as you do. Maybe because we Chinese have a stereotype that you guys don’t wanna be friends with co-workers, you have your own social networks, I mean, Westerners. Don’t take this personally. You just didn’t meet the right people. I don’t know which school you worked for before, next time work for a better one, such as New Oriental or an international school. You are gonna meet the people you like there. They are warm, passionate, friendly and interesting. In there you won’t wanna escape😉
  • Pety 2020.05.14 12:46

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    Come to my city

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